The 1925 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1925 college football season . In its third season under head coach Jesse Hawley , the team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 340 to 29.[1] The team was retroactively designated as the 1925 national champion by the Dickinson System and Parke H. Davis .[2]
Andy Oberlander passed for 14 touchdowns and ran for 12. Dartmouth defeated Harvard , 32–9, its best victory to date over the Crimson.[3] In a 62–13 victory over Cornell , Oberlander had 477 yards in total offense, including six touchdown passes,[4] a Dartmouth record which still stands. He was responsible for some 500 yards of total offense.[5] Cornell coach Gil Dobie responded "We won the game 13–0, passing is not football."[6] The season closed with a 33–7 victory over defending Big Ten champion Chicago . Oberlander threw three touchdowns.[7]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 [[{{{school}}}|Norwich]]* W 59–0[8]
October 3 [[{{{school}}}|Hobart]]* Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 34–0[9]
October 10 Vermont * Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 50–0[10]
October 17 Maine * Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 56–0[11]
October 24 at Harvard * W 32–953,000 [12]
October 31 at Brown * W 14–0[13]
November 7 Cornell * Memorial Field Hanover, NH W 62–1315,000 [14]
November 14 at Chicago * W 33–734,000 [15]
Roster [ ]
Line [ ]
Player
Position
Games started
Hometown
Prep school
Height
Weight
Age
Josh Davis
center
Carl Diehl
guard
Charles Hardy
tackle
Nathan Parker
tackle
Pennsylvania
Bellevue H S
Herbert Rubin
guard
George Tully
end
Orange, New Jersey
East Orange HS
5'10
180
Backfield [ ]
Player
Position
Games started
Hometown
Prep school
Height
Weight
Age
Newman Horton
halfback
Myles Lane
halfback
Melrose, Massachusetts
Melrose HS
6'1"
185
Bob MacPhail
quarterback
Andy Oberlander
halfback
Everett, Massachusetts
Everett HS
6'0"
197
[16]
References [ ]
↑ "1925 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/dartmouth/1925-schedule.html . Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA. p. 108. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf . Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
↑ "Football Games 1920s" . dartmouth.edu . https://libarchive.dartmouth.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/photofiles/id/79573/rec/23 .
↑ "Dartmouth Shoots Down Cornell, 62-13, with Aerials" . Chicago Tribune . November 8, 1925. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1925/11/08/page/33/article/dartmouth-shoots-down-cornell-62-13-with-aerials .
↑ Bernie McCarty. "Oberlander's 500-yard game" . p. 17. http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv03/CFHSNv03n4h.pdf .
↑ "Evolution of the Game: The Introduction of the Forward Pass" . National Football Foundation's Football Letter 3 (56): 30. October 2014. http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/No.%2056,%20Vol.%203%20-%20October.pdf .
↑ "How Swede it was: 1924 football" . thedartmouth.com . http://thedartmouth.com/1998/02/24/how-swede-it-was-1924-football/ .
↑ "Dartmouth Swamps Norwich in Opener" . The Hartford Courant : p. 4B. September 27, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30549882/dartmouth_swamps_norwich_in_opener/ .
↑ Newspapers.com "Dartmouth Trims Hobart" . The Cincinnati Enquirer : p. 17. October 4, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30549941/dartmouth_trims_hobart/via= Newspapers.com .
↑ "Dartmouth 50, Vermont 0" . The Cincinnati Enquirer : p. 24. October 11, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30550005/dartmouth_50_vermont_0/ .
↑ "Dartmouth Beats Maine Eleven, 56-0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer : p. 4S. October 18, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30550061/dartmouth_beats_maine_eleven_560/ .
↑ "Harvard Crushed by Dartmouth Green's Third Straight Win" . The Philadelphia Inquirer : pp. 25, 33. October 25, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30549358/harvard_crushed_by_dartmouth_greens/ .
↑ "Brown Stubborn In Dartmouth Battle" . The Hartford Courant : pp. 1B, 2B. November 1, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30550154/brown_stubborn_in_dartmouth_battle/ .
↑ "Oberlander Star as Dartmouth Swamps Cornell" . The Atlanta Constitution : p. 2B. November 8, 1925. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30550253/oberlander_star_as_dartmouth_swamps/ .
↑ Harvey Woodruff (November 15, 1925). "Maroons Buried By Green Avalanche" . Chicago Tribune : p. II-1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29812338/maroons_buried_by_green_avalanche/ .
↑ Bill Ritt (December 26, 1931). "Great Grid Teams of the Past" . The San Bernardino County Sun : p. 14. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3502575/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/ . Retrieved October 27, 2015 .
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